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Bankers predict megadeals, plentiful debt and IPOs. The dealmaking resurgence even has a political slogan: European unity
France’s investment banking market recovered strongly in 2025 but that doesn’t mean domestic banks are happy. The market is super-competitive and US firms are winning many of the best mandates
The US bank has won more market share in European IB than its rivals after overhauling its leadership and doubling down in the region’s biggest markets
The US bank has emerged from its restructuring to record impressive market share gains following a reboot of its financial sponsor and leveraged finance businesses
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BNP Paribas is one of the winners from the financial crisis. Now it has set its sights on becoming a leading force in corporate finance across Europe. David Rothnie assesses the challenges ahead for Thierry Varène.
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Investment banking fee pools in Asia have doubled this year — good news for Western investment banks that are locked in a talent battle to gain the upper hand in a war for market share. But they had reckoned without local banks making the biggest strides in 2010, while reduced levels of deal activity following recent market volatility will prove a test of their patience. Not everyone can win, says David Rothnie.
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Michael Cohrs has called time on a 15 year career at Deutsche Bank. By revamping client coverage and hiring more than 150 managing directors since the start of the 2007/2009 financial crisis, Cohrs has put Deutsche on the cusp of becoming a top five M&A house. But it is now Anshu Jain’s turn to deliver on his colleague’s legacy, writes David Rothnie.
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Banks blew their chance to influence regulation when they clung to guaranteed bonus arrangements last year. Now they are facing up to bigger demands on capital and lending, writes David Rothnie
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Mergers and acquisitions departments in Europe expected 2010 to be a turnaround year, when the hires they made over the previous 12 months would start delivering and cash-rich corporate clients would hit the deal trail. But with the eurozone in a state of crisis, the recovery is proving elusive even though chief executives have cash to do deals. David Rothnie reports.
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The leading western emerging-markets focused bank is taking a steady approach in adding corporate finance and M&A to its universal model and has some big mandates under its belt. But with rivals expanding fast in EM, Standard Chartered could take a bolder approach, writes David Rothnie